Spotlighting Mound Hill Cemetery in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio -- Is My Grand-Aunt Cora Lombard Millington Buried in Potters Field at Mound Hill Cemetery?

Thanking Cheryl A. Enyart of the Gallia County Historical Society for taking the three photographs below.  

Two photographs are from the sign honoring the memory of those buried in Potters Field at Mound Hill Cemetery. 

The other photograph is a view of the Potters Field area where Cheryl said about 10 flat gravemarkers are seen that identify burials.   

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I have a possible connection to the Mound Hill Cemetery through my grand-aunt, Cora Lombard Millington, who was an older sister of my grandmother, Essie Lillian Lombard Limes.  

Cora died at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics on March 23, 1902.  

Another link for history of the OHE is HERE

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The story in our family is that no one went down to claim Cora's body. 

 Per "Find A Grave":

 5,568 interments listed for Mound Hill Cemetery. 

 

Both of the above photographs were taken by the Baker Photography Studio in Columbus, Ohio.  They are of the children of David Edward Lombard and his wife, Lena (Youker) Lombard.  

(The photograph on the left was taken at a later date than the one on the right.) 

Photograph on the left:  

Seated:  Benjamin Lombard
Little boy standing in the front:  Harry Lombard 
Girl seated right:  Cora Lombard
Girl standing left: Essie Lillian Lombard
Girl standing in the middle:  Margaret "Maggie" Lombard

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Photograph on the right:

Girl standing far left:  Essie Lillian Lombard
Small boy held by Essie:  Harry Lombard
Seated in the center:  Cora Lombard
Boy standing far right:  Benjamin Lombard
Little girl standing far right:  Margaret "Maggie" Lombard

Sharing a Blog Post by the National Genealogical Society - "04 March 2014 How to read the unreadable Gravestone Headstone Tombstone Grave Marker Cemetery Stone, guest post by Anthony Bengston"

This is a fantastic blog to follow if you are a genealogist!  

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I can also add that this particular blog post on "UpFront with NGS" provides several pearls of wisdom relating to the subject of what to do to when it comes to trying to read the unreadable tombstone.  

The article addresses the do's and don't's; sharing good reasons to support the fact those don't's are important and need to be taken seriously if we are to not harm the inscription of a tombstone and its surface, or not jeopardize the integrity of the tombstone itself.  

We take a lot of time visiting burials grounds and locating lost gravesites only to be saddened by the sight of an ancestor's gravestone that is less than readable.  We wonder what we should do next?  Please wonder no more as this article is spot-on (as the British would say!) for spelling out wise advice to help you be able to read the inscription without harming that gravestone you also desire to protect for future generations who will, like you, enjoy visiting the gravesites of their ancestors.  

 

Ohio Cemetery Law Task Force - Meeting Minutes of February 21, 2014

Below are the minutes of the February 21, 2014 meeting of the Ohio Cemetery Law Task Force:

**Reminder**:
The next meeting of the Ohio Cemetery Law Task Force:

March 7, 2014 at 9:30 am
77 South High Street, 22nd
Floor Hearing Room
Columbus, Ohio 43215